The northernmost part of Luoyang Ziwei Palace, Yuanbi City.

The emperor rode forward, and Cunxiao and Shixin were half a head behind.

In the city, three hundred and sixty young sergeants were shiny in armor and solemn.

A young sergeant stepped forward and shouted a loud report.

"Changbai Feather Lin Lang sees Your Majesty and accepts Your Majesty's review!"

Luo Cheng nodded.

This is the Yulin Lang set up by Luo Cheng in imitation of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it is also the Changbai orphan camp that continues the beginning of his army. He chose the children of those who died in the army, or those who died in battle and had no children, adopted orphans among the people and passed them under their names, and then raised them in Yuanbi City. The emperor also deliberately changed the round wall castle in the north of the palace city to the Yulin Palace.

In addition to the one hundred and eighty Yulin Lang, there are 1,800 left Yulin riders and 1,800 right Yulin riders, a total of more than 3,000 people.

However, not all the children of the dead in the army are into the Yulin Army, generally they first enter the Changbai Yi'er Camp set up by the imperial court in Liujing to raise and train, and then they will enter the army as an officer and follower, only those who perform extremely well, are very brave and talented, can be selected into the Yulin Palace.

The left and right Yulin Cavalry is actually equivalent to a non-commissioned officer training camp, and Yulin Lang is more equivalent to a junior officer training class. The Yulin Lang and Yulin Riding in the Yulin Palace are divided into three phases, one phase is three years, and a batch is selected every year.

They are known as the protégés of the Son of Heaven and the emperor's pro-rate.

Yu Lin Lang usually teaches the art of war by the generals, and then he is also in charge of the guards. The Yulin Cavalry is to guard the north of the palace, and the emperor is a guard of honor when he travels.

"Yulin, for the country's wings, such as the prosperity of the forest!"

Shixin sighed.

Luo Cheng said with a smile, "Xiao Liu seems to have been reading a lot recently, and even Yu Linlang's origin is so clear." ”

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built Yulin, the most important purpose was because the power of the lieutenant was too heavy, so he built the Yulin and the two armies of the period, and then the two armies of the north and south were evenly matched, in the final analysis, the Yulin army was a forbidden army of the northern Ya directly controlled by the emperor.

And now the Great Qin Emperor Luo Cheng did not have this concern of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court had both the Twelve Guards of the Southern Ya, the Twelve Armies of the Northern Ya, and the Sixteen Prefectures that had just been changed to the Inner Ya, that is, the original Four Prefectures of the Southern Ya and the Twelve Prefectures of the Inner Army.

With such a separation of the three armies, and then the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, the emperor does not have to worry about the issue of military power.

But the emperor still built such a new Yulin army, which was a little redundant and strange in Cunxiao's opinion, and he even thought that the Yulin army was actually the same overlap as the emperor's internal army.

But the emperor had his own ideas.

In the internal army, whether it is the emperor's pro-Xunyi Liufu or the prince's pro-Xunyi Liufu, they are all nobles, relatives, and children of high-ranking officials, and these people enter the internal army to serve as guards, although it is very necessary, firstly, to show the emperor's grace, and secondly, to give these relatives and officials a chance to come out, and then to strengthen the relationship between the emperor and these second generations.

But many people are not necessarily real officers.

The Yulin Army is different, first of all, although the Yulin Army is only more than 3,000 people, there are many Changbai Yi'er battalions in the country, and the Yi'er in them are all military orphans, or stepsons of soldiers without descendants.

Although these people may not all be excellent seedlings, there can still be many excellent ones among them, and the emperor will select the best ones from them to be cultivated in Yulin Palace.

In fact, it is to set up a non-commissioned officer school to select and train a group of long-term, loyal and reliable professional soldiers for the imperial court.

This is actually a disguised continuation of the monopoly of the military aristocratic group since the Guanlong Group was broken, and ordinary military children also have the opportunity to pass the Yulin Army, become young officers by being Yulin Lang, and step by step to a higher position.

What is the difference this brings? In the future, the officers will not only be limited to those generals, but more low-level soldiers will come in, which is equivalent to breaking the monopoly of the military aristocratic group, just like the impact of the imperial examination on the scholars.

Scholars are no longer only born from those scholars, and civil officials are no longer only monopolized by those families.

Although Luo Cheng has a lot of opportunities, he often finds time to come over to review the Yulin Army, and often rides and exercises martial arts with them, explains tactics to them, analyzes battle examples, etc.

These young Yulin Lang Yulin rode and therefore had extremely high loyalty to the emperor.

"Filial piety, the country is strong, and it needs wings and a domain. The heir has already been feuded and the country has been established, and now you can also prepare the country to become a vassal. ”

The fief chosen by the emperor for Luo Cunxiao was in Yunnan, north of the Erhai Lake, under the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and by the Jinsha River.

At this time, this place is still occupied by the barbarians of Yunnan, the upper reaches of the Jinsha River are called the Yak River at this time, and the section of Lijiang is called the Mosome River, and the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is called the Shenwai Dragon Snow Mountain.

"Give you 600 miles of fiefdom, build the Lijiang Kingdom, west to Gaoligong Mountain, Lancang River, north to the Kuniu River, Hengduan Mountains, south to Erhai Lake, east to East Hushui."

Although the fief given by the emperor to the fourth child is remote, it is very large, and the straight-line distance from east to west and north to south is more than 600 miles. In later generations, there were more than a dozen counties and cities here.

Basically, the northwest corner of Yunnan in later generations was completely demarcated, and even its east side has been divided into the territory of Panzhihua in Sichuan.

But at this time, this place is indeed wild.

In addition to the main Wuman, there are many Yi people, and even Qiang people, etc., which can be said to be both remote and complex. However, the original intention of the emperor to divide the feudal state was to expand the territory and screen the Central Plains court.

Otherwise, why divide it?

"At present, the heirs are fighting in Qinghai, and they must also prevent these barbarians in Yunnan from making trouble. Before the Sui Ming Emperor, sent Yuwen Shu into Yunnan, road garrison, but unfortunately later Sui chaos, resulting in a failure, now although the barbarians of Yunnan surrender to the imperial court, but this attachment is unstable for the imperial court, only the imperial court there to build roads and garrisons, can be regarded as a real mastery, and one day when the number of immigrants from my Han family also occupies an advantage, can we say that we completely own this place. ”

"Fourth, you are my brother, our brothers have fought side by side, I trust your loyalty, and I also trust your ability, the land of Lijiang is more remote and backward than the Xihai of the heirs, and the situation is complicated, but because of this, it is more necessary for a reliable brother like you to go."

The fourth smiled.

"During this time, I also inquired a lot about that place in Lijiang, collected some maps and other things, that place is indeed a place where birds don't, but it's not useless. I believe that even if it is barbaric, since His Majesty is willing to hand it over to me, my fourth child and my children and grandchildren will definitely be able to guard this place well, and even develop it well, and forever Ping Domain's Central Plains. ”

Luo Cheng patted him on the shoulder, "This is enough, lift your spirit, and now I will be relieved." ”